Severe thunderstorms are on the cards across eastern and central Australia this weekend, raising the risk of flash flooding in some regions.
Flash flooding and heavy rain inundated Queensland this week, particularly the south-east, where the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) recorded up to 450mm of rain over the past seven days. A freak storm on Thursday led to hundreds of calls to the state's emergency services, with monthly rainfall records broken in regions of the Sunshine Coast.
With more wet weather and severe storms expected across the state this weekend, flood warnings were in place for parts of the state's west and south-east.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are also possible across New South Wales, South Australia, the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania over the weekend.
It comes weeks into Australia's peak season for severe weather, which runs between October to April.
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Here's what to expect over the coming days.
Several flood warnings were in place across Queensland on Saturday morning, including for rivers in and around the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, Ipswich, Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs, with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain possible across a large area of the state.
"Queensland can expect a wet weekend with this rain-bearing system going nowhere in the short term," BoM senior meteorologist David Crock said.
Flood and wind warnings were also in place for parts of NSW, with strong winds possible in the Coffs, Macquarie and Hunter coasts.
Showers and thunderstorms are on the cards for South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, with severe storms possible in Victoria and South Australia.
A cold front is expected to bring cool weather and showers to south-west Western Australia, while showers and thunderstorms are forecast to continue in the Top End.
Severe thunderstorms are possible across much of NSW, as well as central and eastern Victoria, on Sunday, as a cold front moves in.
Much cooler air moving in from the country's west will bring "quite a dramatic change" following a warm week across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania, Crock said.
"It'll be much cooler next week, and that will be quite noticeable in the south-eastern states," he said.
Afternoon thunderstorms possible across much of central, northern and eastern Australia, including severe thunderstorms in Victoria, NSW, QLD and the NT.
The storm outbreak is expected to ease next week, though further rain is expected and stormy weather should continue in the east on Monday.
"We'll see a cold front sweep across the southeast states during the weekend. That will then bring another round of severe thunderstorms on Monday to parts of, particularly southeast Queensland," Crock said.
Following a very wet week, Queensland will likely get a reprieve from Tuesday onwards, but another storm outbreak may come through next weekend.
